This page features news and research related to social justice topics at Columbia University.
An expanded poverty tracking survey will now look at early childhood poverty and the experiences of Asian-American New Yorkers.
Michael Friedman, an adjunct professor at Columbia University's School of Social Work, along with Camille Alleyne, a recent graduate of the school, look at the "First Step Act" and what it means for incarcerated individuals.
A Columbia University documentary project aids a Yale professor in exploring how white men think about their identity.
Criminal justice initiatives started decades ago aim to create a campus-wide interdisciplinary effort to reduce mass incarceration and to support children, families and communities.
Selected from across the United States and South Africa, the 2019 Atlantic Fellows will join a transnational network of leaders working to challenge anti-black racism and build the policies, institutions and narratives needed for a more equitable future.
Columbia's Desmond Patton says law enforcement officials should analyze social media posts about grief and stress to prevent violent crime among young people.
George Chauncey, the De Witt Clinton Professor of American History, recounts the history of protests against the rule that kept bars from serving homosexuals.
For nearly four years, Richard Roderick has been at Columbia. He is the program coordinator of the Justice-in-Education Initiative and Community Outreach Fellowship.
Courtney Cogburn, an assistant professor at Columbia’s School of Social Work, created a 12-minute virtual reality film, 1000 Cut Journey, that allows others to experience the impact of racism on African Americans today.
Alice Kessler-Harris set about amplifying the historical record of women through new methods of research.
You might not think that civil rights and graphic novels go together, but Georgia Congressman John Lewis has turned to the popular literary form to recount his time marching with Martin Luther King, Jr.